2011 Winter Universiade: Mad Max makes good as Canada off to semis in Turkey
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ERZURUM, Turkey (CIS) - 黑料不打烊 forward Maxime Langelier-Parent of Lery, Que., scored once and Canada talled five times on the power play as an all-star cast from the Ontario University Athletics conference advanced to the semifinals of the Winter Universiade men's hockey tournament thanks to a convincing 9-1 quarter-final win over Slovakia, Thursday afternoon, at Cemal Gursel Arena in Turkey.
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IIHF game summary:
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Carleton University forward Brandon MacLean tallied five points and Western Ontario's Kevin Baker had a hat-trick to pace the Canadian squad.
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In Saturday's late semifinal at 8 p.m. local time (1 p.m. ET), the Canadians will face either defending champion Russia or the Czech Republic, whose quarter-final tilt gets under way at 7 p.m. local (noon ET) on Thursday.
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Canada is vying for a third straight appearance in the final of the World University Games men's hockey tourney. An all-star squad from the Atlantic University Sport conference claimed the country's third Universiade title in 2007 in Italy, while Canada West standouts captured silver in 2009 in China. Both gold-medal duels were against Russia, including a 3-1 win in 2007 and a 4-2 loss in 2009.
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"That was our best game of the tournament so far. One of the things we talked about before the tournament was we wanted to get better every game," said Team Canada head coach Clarke Singer. "Today, we did a lot of little things right. It was a complete effort from all the players."
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"We're obviously looking forward to play in the semifinals. Whether we play Russia or the Czech Republic, they're two very good teams. We can't worry too much about our opponents. We just need to focus on what we have to do as a team."
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After clicking at a 24-percent pace in the preliminary round (5-for-21), the Canadian power play scored early and often against Slovakia. Canada converted five of seven opportunities with the man advantage including three in the first period to build a 4-0 lead after 20 minutes.
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"One of the things we've really been working on is our special teams and our power play was outstanding today," said the University of Western Ontario bench boss. "We still have some work to do 5-on-5 but the deeper you go in a tournament, special teams always play a crucial role."
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MacLean, an assistant captain from Burlington, Ont., who led Canada in both goals (5) and points (6) in the preliminary round, scored with seven seconds remaining in the opening period during a 5-on-3 to make it 4-0, and then put the game out of reach only 37 seconds into the middle frame during a one-man advantage. He also assisted on Canada's first, second and eighth goals.
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Baker, a native of Georgetown, Ont., who was second on the team in pool play with five points but had yet to find the back of the net, scored twice in a span of five minutes early in the first to make it 3-0 after 8:41. He assisted on MacLean's first goal and completed his hat-trick late in the third period for a four-point afternoon.
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"We got off to a great start getting a couple of quick ones and then we kind of built from that," Baker said. "I hadn't scored yet in the tournament so it was nice to get that monkey off my back, in a big way I guess. It had been a while since I had a hat-trick. I have to give credit to my teammates, they gave me good looks for shots."
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Lakehead's Matt Caria of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., UQTR's Francis Charland of Victoriaville, Que., 黑料不打烊's Maxime Langelier-Parent of Montreal and Western's Keaton Turkiewicz of Brantford, Ont., all added singles in the win.
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The Slovaks were penalized 11 seconds into the contest and Caria quickly made them pay, opening the scoring just 1:51 in. Slovakia was called for a hooking penalty on the play, and Baker made it 2-0 on the ensuing man advantage.
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Baker tripled Canada's lead at the 8:41 mark.
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Following MacLean's markers in the dying seconds of the first and early in the second, Charland scored with the man advantage at 14:39 of the middle period and Langelier-Parent made it 7-0 after two with an even-strength goal at 18:27.
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Slovakia got on the board midway through the third only 25 seconds after a Canadian goalie change but it was much too little, much too late.
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Baker and Turkiewicz rounded out the scoring in the final two minutes of play.
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Canada outshot its rivals 38-16 including a 16-2 advantage in the first stanza, 13-6 in the second and 9-8 in the third.
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Western's Anthony Grieco of Brampton, Ont., was perfect on 11 shots in 49:40 of action. Windsor's Jim Watt of Edmonton took over for the final 10:20 and was beaten once on five shots.
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Peter Pus made 29 saves for Slovakia.
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NOTES: Saturday's early semifinal at 4:30 p.m. local time (9:30 a.m. ET) will see Kazakhstan face either Belarus or the United States... Kazakhstan defeated Japan 5-1 in quarter-final action, while Belarus and the USA face off on Thursday evening...
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SCORING SUMMARY
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Canada 9, Slovakia 1
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FIRST PERIOD
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SCORING:
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1. CAN Matt Caria (3) (Brandon MacLean), 1:51 PP
2. CAN Kevin Baker (1) (Brandon MacLean), 3:50 PP
3. CAN Kevin Baker (2) (Jordan Smith), 8:41
4. CAN Brandon MacLean (6) (Kevin Baker, Dominic Jalbert), 19:53 PP2
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PENALTIES:
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Jan Babic (SVK) delay of game, 0:11;
Stefan Rusnak (SVK) hooking, 1:51;
Jordan Smith (CAN) kneeing, 11:32;
Tomas Volek (SVK) boarding, 18:12;
Richard Vojsovic (SVK) hooking, 19:09.
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SECOND PERIOD
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SCORING:
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5. CAN Brandon MacLean (7) (Kyle Sonnenburg), 0:37 PP
6. CAN Francis Charland (1) (Jean-Michel Rizk, Keaton Turkiewicz), 14:39 PP
7. CAN Maxime Langelier-Parent (1) (Tim Priano, Scott Aarssen), 18:27
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PENALTIES:
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Darius Rusnak (SVK) checking to the head, 2:57;
Darius Rusnak (SVK) 10-minute misconduct, 2:57;
Lubomir Vaskovic (SVK) slashing, 7:48;
Jordan Smith (CAN) slashing, 7:48;
Tomas Volek (SVK) checking to the head, 9:38;
Tomas Volek (SVK) 10-minute misconduct, 9:38;
Stefan Rusnak (SVK) cross checking, 13:23.
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THIRD PERIOD
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SCORING:
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8. SVK Richard Vojsovic (1) (Libor Kacer), 10:05
9. CAN Kevin Baker (3) (Brandon MacLean, Jean-Michel Rizk), 18:03
10. CAN Keaton Turkiewicz (2) (Thomas Kiriakou, Dominic Jalbert), 19:01
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PENALTIES:
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None
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GOALS (by period)
CAN: 4-3-2: 9
SVK: 0-0-1: 1
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SHOTS ON GOAL (by period)
CAN: 16-13-9: 38
SVK: 2-6-8: 16
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POWER PLAY:
CAN: 5-7
SVK: 0-1
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GOALTENDERS
CAN - Anthony Grieco (W, 2-1, 11 shots, 11 saves, 0 GA, 49:40)
CAN - Jim Watt (5 shots, 4 saves, 1 GA, 10:20)
SVK - Peter Pus (L, 38 shots, 29 saves, 9 GA, 60:00)
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REFEREE: Kimmo Laakonen (FIN)
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LINESMEN: Andreas Lunden (SWE), Neva Henri (FIN)
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ATTENDANCE: 220
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START: 15:00
END: 17:14
LENGTH: 2:14
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TEAM CANADA SCHEDULE & RESULTS (local time)
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Thursday, Jan. 27: Canada 9, Slovenia 0
Saturday, Jan. 29: Belarus 3, Canada 2 (3-2 in shootout)
Monday, Jan. 31: Canada 3, South Korea 2
Thursday, Feb. 3 (quarter-finals): Canada 9, Slovakia 1
Saturday, Feb. 5, 16:30 (semifinal #1): Kazakhstan vs. TBD (Belarus or USA)
Saturday, Feb. 5, 20:00 (semifinal #2): Canada vs. TBD (Russia or Czech Republic)
Sunday, Feb. 6, 11:30: Bronze
Sunday, Feb. 6, 15:00: Final
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FINAL PRELIMINARY ROUND STANDINGS
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1. Russia 9 pts (pool winner)
2. Belarus 8 pts (pool winner)
3. Kazakhstan 6 pts (pool winner)
4. Canada 7 pts
5. Slovakia 6 pts
6. Japan 5 pts
7. USA 6 pts (third in pool)
8. Czech Republic 4 pts
9. Slovenia 3 pts
10. Spain 0 pts
11. South Korea 0 pts
12. Turkey 0 pts
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Pool A
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GP听听听听听听 W听听听听听听听听 OTW听听听 OTL听听听听 L听听听听听听听听听 GF听听听听听听 GA听听听听听听 PTS
1. Russia听听听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 34听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 9
2. Japan听听听听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 22听听听听听听听 4听听听听听听听听听 5
3. Czech Rep.听 3听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 18听听听听听听听 7听听听听听听听听听 4
4. Turkey听听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 60听听听听听听听 0
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Pool B
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1. Belarus听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 2听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 16听听听听听听听 4听听听听听听听听听 8
2. Canada听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 2听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 14听听听听听听听 5听听听听听听听听听 7
3. Slovenia听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 2听听听听听听听听听 11听听听听听听听 16听听听听听听听 3
4. South Korea 3听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 5听听听听听听听听听 21听听听听听听听 0
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Pool C
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1. Kazakhstan听 3听听听听听听听听听 2听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 9听听听听听听听听听 6听听听听听听听听听 6
2. Slovakia听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 2听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 17听听听听听听听 10听听听听听听听 6
3. USA听听听听听听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 2听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 11听听听听听听听 9听听听听听听听听听 6
4. Spain听听听听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 2听听听听听听听听听 14听听听听听听听 0
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Scoring system:
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3 points for a win in regulation
2 points for a win in overtime or shootout
1 point for a loss in overtime or shootout
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Legend: W (win), OTW (OT win), OTL (OT loss), L (loss)
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About Canadian Interuniversity Sport
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Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Fifty-one universities, 10,000 student-athletes and 550 coaches vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit .
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For more information contact:
Ari Grossman (on site in Turkey)
Communications Officer
Team Canada
2011 Winter Universiade
Cell (in Turkey): 011-90-537-704-91-13
agrossman [at] wlu.ca
Michel B茅langer
Manager, Communications & Media Relations
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Off: (613) 562-5670 ext. 25
Cell: (613) 447-6334
belanger [at] universitysport.ca
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